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16/02/2017
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Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Antrim Crown Court.
Thomas Clarke claimed Incapacity Benefit totalling £49,793 while failing to declare employment. He was given nine months imprisonment suspended for two years.
He is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Department for Communities.
Work To Start On £120,000 Road Resurfacing Project In Co Armagh
Work is to start on a £120,000 road resurfacing project in Portadown, Co Armagh.
The work on the A27 Mahon Road will begin on Monday, 27 February and is expected to be completed on Friday, 10 March.
The resurfacing extends from Markethill Road junction up to Artabrackagh Road.
Traffic is being diverted via Mullahead Road, Gilford Road, Bridge Street, High Street and Armagh Road. For Markethill Road traffic approaching Mahon Road diversion is via Derryhale Road and Dobbin Road.
SF's Refusal To Condemn Edgar Graham Murder 'Disgraceful' - UUP
Lagan Valley Ulster Unionist candidate Robbie Butler has described the refusal of Sinn Fein's Lagan Valley candidate – law lecturer Peter Doran - to condemn the murder of Edgar Graham, as disgraceful.
Mr Butler said: "You really have to wonder what kind of law Peter Doran is teaching to students, when he cannot bring himself to condemn the murder of a law lecturer on the same University campus. It is nothing short of a disgrace.
"Peter Doran is a law lecturer at Queen’' University, as Edgar Graham was when he was murdered on campus by the IRA in December 1983. At the time of the murder, Edgar Graham was also a democratically elected Ulster Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
"A reasonable person might think that shooting a law lecturer in the head could only be described as a crime and merit condemnation.
"However, the best Peter Doran could manage was to express "profound sorrow" at the death of Edgar Graham but he declined to say whether or not it was justified. This is simply shameful."
(CD)
A man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Antrim Crown Court.
Thomas Clarke claimed Incapacity Benefit totalling £49,793 while failing to declare employment. He was given nine months imprisonment suspended for two years.
He is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Department for Communities.
Work To Start On £120,000 Road Resurfacing Project In Co Armagh
Work is to start on a £120,000 road resurfacing project in Portadown, Co Armagh.
The work on the A27 Mahon Road will begin on Monday, 27 February and is expected to be completed on Friday, 10 March.
The resurfacing extends from Markethill Road junction up to Artabrackagh Road.
Traffic is being diverted via Mullahead Road, Gilford Road, Bridge Street, High Street and Armagh Road. For Markethill Road traffic approaching Mahon Road diversion is via Derryhale Road and Dobbin Road.
SF's Refusal To Condemn Edgar Graham Murder 'Disgraceful' - UUP
Lagan Valley Ulster Unionist candidate Robbie Butler has described the refusal of Sinn Fein's Lagan Valley candidate – law lecturer Peter Doran - to condemn the murder of Edgar Graham, as disgraceful.
Mr Butler said: "You really have to wonder what kind of law Peter Doran is teaching to students, when he cannot bring himself to condemn the murder of a law lecturer on the same University campus. It is nothing short of a disgrace.
"Peter Doran is a law lecturer at Queen’' University, as Edgar Graham was when he was murdered on campus by the IRA in December 1983. At the time of the murder, Edgar Graham was also a democratically elected Ulster Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
"A reasonable person might think that shooting a law lecturer in the head could only be described as a crime and merit condemnation.
"However, the best Peter Doran could manage was to express "profound sorrow" at the death of Edgar Graham but he declined to say whether or not it was justified. This is simply shameful."
(CD)
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